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Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

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Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
駐美國臺北經濟文化代表處
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
Agency overview
Jurisdiction United States
 Cuba
 Bahamas
 Grenada
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Dominica
 Nicaragua
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China
WebsiteTaipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (Chinese: 駐美國臺北經濟文化代表處; pinyin: Zhù Měiguó Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Dàibiǎo Chù) represents the interests of Taiwan in the United States in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in Taipei.[1]

History

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Prior to 1979, the Republic of China (Taiwan) was represented in Washington by its embassy, occupying the building now used by Haiti.[2] After the transfer of recognition to the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China was no longer recognized by the United States, and therefore no longer entitled to use the former embassy, with its diplomatic mission replaced by the current Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office. The mission serves as the office of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) in Washington, D.C., established in 1979 as the counterpart to the American Institute in Taiwan, after the United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.[3][4] The council was renamed Taiwan Council for US Affairs in 2019.[5][6]

The ROC embassy in the US from 1944 to 1978, on Embassy Row (now Embassy of Haiti)

In 1994, as a result of the Clinton Administration's Taiwan Policy Review, the name of the CCNAA office in Washington, D.C. (which functioned as an embassy) was changed to Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO).[7] Similarly, the names of the twelve other CCNAA offices (which functioned as consulates) were changed to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO).[8]

In September 2020, the US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft met with Amb. James K.J. Lee, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, who was secretary-general in Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs until July, for lunch in New York City in what was the first meeting between a top Taiwan official and a United States ambassador to the United Nations.[9] Craft said she and Lee discussed ways the US can help Taiwan become more engaged within the U.N.[9]

List of Representatives

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Alexander Yui, ROC representative to the United States.

Representatives (CCNAA)

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Representatives

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Consular districts by missions

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Mission Consular district
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Dominican Republic
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver
(relocated from TECO in Kansas City, Missouri since 17 April 2015)
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco Northern California (north of Visalia), Nevada and Utah
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu Hawaii, American Samoa and Palmyra Atoll
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam
(merged into consular jurisdiction of Embassy in Palau, from 31 August 2017 to 2020. Restored consular post in Guam since summer 2020.)
Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

Representation in U.S. Congress

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Including:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "American Institute in Taiwan".
  2. ^ James M. Goode (2003). "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings". Smithsonian Books. p. 264. ISBN 1588341054.
  3. ^ Courage and fortitude, Taiwan Review, 1 May 1979
  4. ^ For U.S. Quasi-Embassy in Taiwan, Silence is Golden, The Washington Post, 4 September 1980
  5. ^ "台美關係突破!「北美事務協調委員會」更名「台灣美國事務委員會」 - 政治". 新頭殼 Newtalk. 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Coordination Council for North American Affairs renamed the Taiwan Council for US Affairs". Taipei Times. 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ Su, Chi, Taiwan's Relations with Mainland China: A Tail Wagging Two Dogs (at Google Books), (Routledge, 2009), page 31.
  8. ^ "1994 Taiwan Policy Review." Formosan Association for Public Affairs. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  9. ^ a b Edith M. Lederer (17 September 2020). "US envoy to United Nations meets with Taiwan official in NY". ABC News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b Tsao, Nadia, US demands replacement of Taiwan representative, Taipei Times, 10 January 2015.
  11. ^ Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, and Eric Lipton, "Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call 点击查看本文中文版", The New York Times, 6 December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
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